Your “Sweet Sixteen Window Is Closing” Sunday Afternoon College Ball Open Thread

scotchnaut - March 24, 2019March 24, 2019

If you're looking for insight, analysis, clues, savvy angles or sober commentary on these games, you've clicked the wrong site. All that malarkey can be found everywhere you look online. How 'bout we fever dream these matchups? (in chronological order) TO THE GAMES! #10 Hawkeyes/#2 Vols: You dream of walking on grass still

Boots On The Ground: The AVN Awards Show

ballsofsteelandfury - January 25, 2019January 24, 2019

I've mentioned this before and this is probably not surprising to many of you, but yes, I, BallsofSteelAndFury, have attended the AVN Awards Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. For someone NOT in the industry, it is as surreal as you may think. I've wanted to tell this story for a long time,

Your “We Are All…, You Know The Drill” AFC Champagne-ship Game Open Thread

scotchnaut - January 20, 2019January 20, 2019

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My diary is filled with various loving tributes to the many, many blades I have in my collection. (Thankfully, no one talks about Knife Control) Much like any artist I've felt the need recently to expand my skill set, but how? The non-profit I visited did so many things for those

A Mini-Roundtable Before (NFL 2018 Season) Dying (also 20 January Lesser Footy)

King Hippo - January 20, 2019January 20, 2019

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For your non-reading, non-pleasure - while you no doubt enjoy the Huddersfield/City and Spurs/Mighty Whitey double bill on NBCSN: Son of Spam NFC: Rams over the Saints because I'm an unabashed homer (mmmm...beer...) and the Gumbo offense has been kinda mediocre for a while. Let's say 106-20. AFC: Chiefs beat the Evil Empire by 10,

Love Actually – The Balls Review

ballsofsteelandfury - January 18, 2019January 15, 2019

Author's Note: A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I made a public DFO bet, which I promptly lost. My self-inflicted punishment was to watch Love Actually and write a post about it. For a little chunk of space-time, DFO had a sister blog called "Bring Back

Your “Let’s Do Some Playoffs” Saturday Afternoon NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - January 5, 2019January 5, 2019

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Dearest Elizabeth, I hope this letter finds you well. I hope that Dolly successfully calved by now. Please give all my love to Bathsheba, Caleb, Horace, Moses, Ruth, Levi, Ambrose, Solomon, Rowland, Little Anna, Hester, Esther, Fester and Mary. Excuse me for saying so but my beard becomes dewy when recalling that

Your Very Last Regular Season Game and Corresponding Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 30, 2018December 30, 2018

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I love rail yards. Always have. I grew up near one and as a kid and I was fascinated by all the trains coming and going north, west, east and south-bringing, well, pretty much anything where it was needed. When my work offered me an opportunity to head to Omaha

Your “Shall I Compare These Games To A Summer’s Day?” Sunday NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 30, 2018

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Naw, I don't think so-it's already been done by Shakey The Sphere and that was some time ago. Let's compare each of these games (many of which are...hold onto your barnacles...completely irrelevant!) to say, an offering at a buffet-style restaurant or a meal/snack I enjoyed as a child. What's that? Did

Your Sunday Night NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 23, 2018December 23, 2018

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The thing that they never talk about when they talk about the homeless from what I can remember, is the boredom. When you're not begging in one spot you're looking for another and time slows to a crawl. If you get lucky and somebody throws a ten bill at you,

Your “Womb for one more? Of course!” Saturday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 22, 2018December 22, 2018

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I've been in this doctoring game for some time but I'd never seen a patient like this one. She explained that she'd been through three other physicians before me and that I had been highly recommended by someone in her Bible study group. Her name was Tiffany R. and she

Your “Stayin’ Alive, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Stayin’ Alive” Monday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 17, 2018December 17, 2018

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Week 15 Fallout: These are the teams that were officially sent to a farm upstate. They are the Bills, Jets, Broncos, Bengals, Giants, Packers, Lions, Bucs and Falcons. No need to worry about them though, at this particular farm the refs have a very firm grasp on the 'catch' rule and

Your “It’s That Time Again” Sunday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - December 16, 2018December 16, 2018

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I could feel some heat at the soup kitchen and it wasn't coming off the steam tables. Yeah, I was the last one to see Gus or John or Mack (whatever the guy's name was) alive. The police that interviewed me bought the story of me saying "bye" and taking